The 2024 Culture Days Hub Sponsorship recipients
Melfort & District Museum Nuit Blanche Nutrien Wonderhub Oxbow & District Recreation Board Inc. Regina Public Library Rise Up
Art Gallery of Regina Azerbaijani Cultural Association of Regina Buffalo Narrows Friendship Centre Inc. City of Humboldt City of Lloydminster City of Prince Albert City of Swift Current City of Warman City of Weyburn City of Yorkton Climax Community Dance Theatre Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre Inc. Museum Free Flow Indian Head Public Library Last Mountain Lake Cultural Centre Inc. Leader & District Chamber of Commerce Listen to Dis’ Community Arts Organization Inc. Meadow Lake Library Métis Nation SK Queen City Local #34 Inc.
Culture Days events have helped the Art Gallery of Regina to make their events more experiential. Photo courtesy of the Art Gallery of Regina.
Community Foundation
Saskatchewan Craft Council Saskatchewan Mongolian Community Sri Lankan Association of Regina Inc. Town of Arcola Town of Gravelbourg Town of Gull Lake Town of La Ronge Town of Lumsden Town of Porcupine Plain Town of Rosthern Town of Wynyard The Reading Place Inc.
support,” she explains. “For example, it helps us hire someone to provide American Sign Language interpretation during artists’ talks, or bring in people from specific knowledge areas such as Elders or Knowledge Keepers.” Furstenberg adds that Culture Days really does help build community. “The 2024 Prince Albert National Attendee survey results say it all,” she says. “74 per cent of participants said they were more likely to seek out cultural events after attending, and 90 per cent of participants expressed a deeper appreciation for local arts history and cultural diversity.” That growing impact was reflected nationally, with the cities of Prince Albert, Regina and Yorkton recognized among the top participating communities in Canada in 2024.
and curator, Art Gallery of Regina, says the Gallery’s participation in Culture Days has allowed for strong partnerships and inspired more people to become year-round participants. “What is important about becoming a part of Culture Days is that it really allows us to create active ways for people to engage with artwork. It supports the work that artists do that is interactive, participatory and community-based. We can be a part of something greater than we could achieve on our own as a small gallery with two staff.” For Moore, participation in Culture Days helps increase the visibility and accessibility of the Gallery’s events, while also offering other benefits.
“The Hub Sponsorship from SaskCulture, for
instance, allows us to enrich programming that we don’t always have the funds to
(Battleford) Wheatland
Regional Library Village of Hazlet
registered activities offered in person, online and outdoors.
315+
$104,900.00 in support
52,000 (estimated)
attended in person.
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